Baggage check



' P. 1. EAGAN.

BAGGAGE CHECK. APPLlATloN FILED Auml. 192|.

1,420,991. Mmmm 27,1922.

4m/cfr J.. [A GAN v PATRICK J'. EAGAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BAGGAGE CHECK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Ptgnted June 27 i922 Application led August 11, 1921. Serial No. 491,374.

T0 allwwmz't may concern.'

Be it known that PATRICK J. EAGAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at 193 Fourth Street, San` Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage Checks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention is an improved baggage check.

The primary object is to provide a device of the character described which may be readily attached to an article of baggage and which will serve as a store room check when so attached and which carries means for removably engaging an owners claim check.

Another object is to provide wherein the said attaching means may be quickly and easily operated to save time and trouble for baggage room attendants.

Another object Vis to provide a storage check and a claim check, provided with corresponding identification numbers, in such combination that the claim check will be engaged by the storage check until the said storage check is attached to the article to be checked, at which time the claim check will be automatically released for delivery to the owner by the operation of attaching the storage check to the article.

In the accompanying one sheet of drawings- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved baggage check.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1, and showing the parts in open or extended relation in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 1 taken on the line III-III.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a storage check member showing a spring clip for engaging a claim check.

Fig. 5 is aperspective view of a spring clip.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a wedge member. A

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a storage check which may be of any suitable configuration and made of stamped metal, fiber or heavy cardboard stock.

To the upper end of the check 1 is riveted, as shown at 2 a spring clip, 8 the purpose of which will be later described. The rivet 2 also serves to pivotally connect tong members 4 and 6 adapted to engage a grip handle, package tie or any article of baggage. The lower ends'of the tong members 4 and 6 are provided with thumb and finger loops 7 and 8 whereby the tongs may be opened and closed by the use of the thumb and finger of one hand.

The storage check 1 is provided with an opening 9 through which extends from the back thereof an upturned clamping member 11 on the lower end of the clip 3.

A. claim check 12 is provided with an opening 13 adapted to register with the opening 9 in the storage check and allow the claim check to be engaged by the clamp 11.

The clip 3 is formed of spring metal and the spring normally holds the clip 3 fiat against the rear surface of the storage check 1, while the tongs are in open or extended position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and in detail in Fig. 3.

In order to engage the storage check and claim check in locked relation when not in use, I provide wedge members 14 and 16 secured to the tong members as by rivets 17.

These wedge members are provided with cam surfaces 18 adapted to raise the spring clip 3 when the tongs are closed as in Figs. 1 and 2. d

The wedges 14 and 16 are also provided with oblique surfaces 19, which, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3, serve to engage the ears 21 on the sides of the clip 3. By this means the clamp 11 is drawn against the claim check 12 and the checks are held together securely until wanted for checking purposes. The attendant picks up the entire device as if it were a pair of scissors. By opening the tongs to engage the article to be checked, the claim check 12 is released to hand to the owner.

Each check and corresponding claim check is given a number as indicated at 175 in the drawing, for identification when the claim check is presented later.

I claim; Y

1. A baggage checking' device comprising a numbered storage check provided with a pair of tong members adapted to engage an article Vof baggage` a claim check numbered to correspond with the said storage check and means operated by said tongs for holding said claim check to said storage check.

2. A baggage checking device comprising a numbered storage check provided with a pair of tong members adapted to engage an article of baggage, a claim cheek numbered to Correspond with the said storage cheek, a flexible member attached to said storage 5 check, Wedge members operated by the movement of said tong members and adapted to lleX said flexible membei and canse it to engage the said claim cheek.

3. A baggage checking device comprising 10 a numbered storage check provided with a PATRICK J. DAGAN. 

